At the heart of the research data to understand the genetics of disease is the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

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Nanotechnology, biotechnology, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and cognitive science are all converging technologies.

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America is not only the most competitive country in information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, but is also a frontrunner in agricultural innovation.

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Its strengths are in fields such as electronics, information technology and biotechnology.

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Since these are hardly growth industries, trading houses are also sniffing around for businesses that offer bigger profits, such as information technology and biotechnology.

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Employers are already crying out for a relaxation of the law, to let in foreign specialists to meet shortages in such fields as information technology, engineering and biotechnology.

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Some biotechnology patents now carry 160, 000 pages of information.

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Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies are often promiscuous with their corporate information as well, says John Quinn, managing director of Quinn International in Great Falls, Va.

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Many biotechnology companies have already paid plenty to acquire Celera's information.

ECONOMIST: Record breaking

Clean energy and like projects are seen as Silicon Valley's next boom sector, much like information technology was in the last part of the 1990s and biotechnology was at the beginning of this decade.

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